Grok 4.1 Fast vs LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Grok 4.1 Fast is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 76 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4.1 Fast's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 87.4 against 32.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 86 to 17.

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok 4.1 Fast is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Grok 4.1 Fast gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.1 Fast if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

71

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

34.1

74
Terminal-Bench 2.0
34
73
BrowseComp
37
66
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

59.5

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

8.2

86
HumanEval
17
68
SWE-bench Verified
10
54
LiveCodeBench
9
63
SWE-bench Pro
7

Multimodal & Grounded

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

87.4

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

32.4

91
MMMU-Pro
27
83
OfficeQA Pro
39

Reasoning

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

88.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

38.4

90
SimpleQA
29
88
MuSR
31
87
BBH
67
87
LongBench v2
39
89
MRCRv2
42

Knowledge

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

69.2

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

27

94
MMLU
27
92
GPQA
26
90
SuperGPQA
24
88
OpenBookQA
22
81
MMLU-Pro
51
20
HLE
2
83
FrontierScience
31

Instruction Following

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

90

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

72

90
IFEval
72

Multilingual

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

84.8

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

60.7

88
MGSM
62
83
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

92.3

LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking

42.3

96
AIME 2023
28
98
AIME 2024
30
97
AIME 2025
29
92
HMMT Feb 2023
24
94
HMMT Feb 2024
26
93
HMMT Feb 2025
25
95
BRUMO 2025
27
89
MATH-500
61

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast is ahead overall, 76 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 86 and 17.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.2 versus 27. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 59.5 versus 8.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.3 versus 42.3. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 38.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 71 versus 34.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.4 versus 32.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 90 versus 72. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Grok 4.1 Fast or LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 60.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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